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Music GCSE 2010

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Key features of Baroque?

* 1600-1750 *Music is generally polyphonic in texture*There is usually a harpsichord continuo part*Music is clearly defined in major and minor keys *Melodies are long and flowing imitation and sequences*Orchestras*Ornaments are used frequently

*There was more freedom of form and design, and an emphasis on intense expression of feeling *Romantic music is emotional, with dramatic contrasts of dynamics, registers, tone colours and tempos.*It has song-like melodies, often above homophonic textu

More Key Features of Romantic?

*It has song-like melodies, often above homophonic texture.*Classical forms are expanded, leading to large scale compositions.*Much music was written for soloists (especially on the piano), designed to show off the player's brilliance of technique.

*music that uses the Tone Row.*the 12 notes of the chromatic scale in any order of his or her choice*it may be used backwards (retrograde), upside down (inversion), or both backwards and upside down (retrograde inversion)*Each of these can be transp

Most famous composers of Serialism

*Schöenberg's*Berg*Webern

Key features of minimalism?

*This kind of music uses repeated ostinati.*Small changes in musical phrase are introduced one by one.*This may include phase shifting in which parts gradually move out of sync with each other.*The music has a hypnotic quality.*Music technology ma

*Dance rhythms were played on a dhol*It was introduced into British popular music in the 1970s, using western instruments such as electric guitars, bass and keyboards.In modern western bhangra the looping beat of the dhol has been replaced by a drum m

Key Features of Indian Classical

*Indian classical music has three parts: raga, tala and drone.*RAGA - played by soloist = sitar*TALA - played by drummer = Tabla*DRONE - played by Tambura player

Musical Features of Gamelan

*Gamelan orchestra are usually percussion based*Heterophony: a texture in which two or more voices simultaneously, often the result of improvisation*Kendang = double headed drum*Gamelan music often consists of tunes that are played over and over aga

Tonality of Gamelan

*Slendro is a 5-note system of whole tone and minor third intervals.*The order of intervals is: 2 3 2 2 3 (2=whole tone, 3=minor 3rd).

Key features of Gamelan

*Developed in Cuba*syncopated rhythm*Salsa music usually contains many drums and other percussion instruments*Polyrhythm*Call and response